Boots Paracetamol Tablets — Adds injury oooooo

Boots in town also does the recycling, so it depends on how often you go in.

Maybe it also depends on the type eg, tablet, caplet or capsules. I find capsules easier to swallow, and dispensing them is fine because of they are long and you can push them out.
I see shandi, that you find capsules more difficult to get out.

Our Superdrug stopped taking blister packs ages ago and we re not a ring town Ashcombe
The rule about paracetamol is really is a very daft one though understandable but its impossible to supervise. We have cheap shops here that stock them so you could go to one buy a couple of packs go to the next one etc I can think of five shops all within spitting distance in my street where I could walk from one to another in half a minute to buy my two packs

With thinning skin plus aspirin I can pretty much cut myself on anything. I’m always finding new and interesting ways to injure my hands.
Also the redesign of plastic bottle tops are an unwelcome nuisance not just opening but getting them on again…..
So many products are a fight 🤛

I agree that some paracetamol packaging is more difficult to open than others, particularly the capsule type pills.

I solved the problem by taking an old vitamin bottle and emptying the paracetamol into it. I only have to sit and do it about once a month and it doesn’t seem so bad when done en masse and not in a hurry or wanting pain relief.

Another thing is that very few places will recycle the empty blister sheet

aggie: As far as I know Superdrug do still recycle blister packs. Perhaps it depends on the size of the branch but their website suggests that they do:-

www.superdrug.com/dgfs/waste-recycling

Paracetamol is the only medication I'm allowed to take for arthritic pain and I do go through a lot. Since my GP refuses to prescribe them ("You can buy them yourself") and as 32 is the limit per purchase, I stock up whenever we pass a pharmacy or in a supermarket. (I don't mind paying for them but it's the inconvenience of keeping enough available.)

Of all the brands I use (Lidl, Asda, Superdrug, Boots) only the ones from Boots are hard to access so I can understand the frustration of the OP.

Ah, I see Romilo has said more or less the same thing.

In short, use a tool.

I find a very tiny penknife to cut through the edge of the foil around the tablet is very helpful, especially after I've just cut my nails, which are never very long nor sharp anyway.

Then tweezers to pick up the tablet/prize it out?

Better than bleeding fingers.

Sorry bit confused there I was reading thinning eyebrow post just before . Blame the advancing years

I always use my thumb nail to slice the foil before pressing the tablet out you could do the same with a pair of nail scissors. Good luck with the chemo and the lymphoedema. I had same but now 13yrs ago so keep positive.

A similar thing happened to our very elderly neighbour. Her prescription medication is despatched in specific quantities which involves the pharmacist actually cutting through the blister packs to make that quantity up by 4 or 6 tablets. This makes the plastic very sharp obviously and the poor lady sliced all the way down her finger…….being on blood thinners she bled profusely and it required a visit to A&E.

TheWeirdoAgain60

I can't understand how you could try to hold the company liable for your own carelessness. I wouldn't blame them if they don't reply to your complaint!

If I took liability against companies every time I'd split my finger on a medicine bubble or hurt my teeth trying to unscrew a medicine bottle, I'd be a multimillionaire by now!

I know exactly how painful those cuts can be, but put some E45 and a plaster on it and move on!

You unscrew medicine bottles with your TEETH??? 😬😱

Every morning I curse the manufacturers of my gastric resistant aspirin. Press from front and should pop out? Like heck it does.I press then dig all around the tablet until a small sign it is being disturbed appears. Then I add pulling and swearing until enough is seen to drag it from its position( perhaps that is why it is termed “resistant”!.

TheWeirdoAgain60

I can't understand how you could try to hold the company liable for your own carelessness. I wouldn't blame them if they don't reply to your complaint!

If I took liability against companies every time I'd split my finger on a medicine bubble or hurt my teeth trying to unscrew a medicine bottle, I'd be a multimillionaire by now!

I know exactly how painful those cuts can be, but put some E45 and a plaster on it and move on!

What an unpleasant response! I am glad you are so perfect.
How on earth do you interpret the OP’s post as wanting to claim liability / extract compensation? I took it as giving feedback in the hope that the company would improve their packaging. Another poster has said that Sainsbury’s did exactly that.

I'm always doing this as all my meds are in silver foil. No matter how carefully I handle the pack ....it happens!!🥺

I can't take Boots paracetamol, they make me feel ill .

I do press as firmly as I can , end up with aching thumbs , which I then hoped the tablets would help!!

I can't understand how you could try to hold the company liable for your own carelessness. I wouldn't blame them if they don't reply to your complaint!

If I took liability against companies every time I'd split my finger on a medicine bubble or hurt my teeth trying to unscrew a medicine bottle, I'd be a multimillionaire by now!

I know exactly how painful those cuts can be, but put some E45 and a plaster on it and move on!

Aggie I think you have to press quite firmly for the tablet to pop out
Yes I wish I could find where to take the empty packs it seems very ad hoc superdrug used to but now don’t Boots used to but ours doesn’t seem to anymore same with glasses I used to take them to Boots opticians but they wouldn’t accept them last time I tried and ended up taking them all home

A few months ago, Sainsbury’s changed their paracetamol provider and the tablets were nigh on impossible to remove from the pack without breaking in half…I checked reviews online and there were hundreds of complaints and people just stopped buying them. Sainsbury’s obviously listened and packaging now fine!

I press the blister side , the foil on the other side only half opens , if at all !
I end up taking the nail scissors to it
I did end up cutting myself on the foil as I tried to extract the tablet , I’m more careful now
Another thing is that very few places will recycle the empty blister sheet !

Well I obviously need to apologise to KatyKrunch for not taking this seriously I have honestly never ever heard of anyone cutting themselves on a blister pack and never had any problems myself so I was thinking it was a very light hearted grumble
If you press on the blister side it just pops out so how could you cut yourself I m not being facetious I ve just been to check how I do it and I don’t see how you would cut yourself ?

I wonder if vitamin tablets are harmful if taken in larger amounts?
They often come in tubs without child-proof tops.

But then, what child would want to take cod liver oil tablets in quantity? Or any at all if not persuaded?

Allira

Yes, the foil can be very sharp and the cuts are sore, just like little paper cuts. Some packaging is worse than the paracetamol packs.

Perhaps they're tough to prevent small children opening the packs if they managed to get hold of them.

Yes that’s a good point- maybe that’s why they use super glue to seal them & stop little fingers from opening them, including my own, I usually give it up as a bad job 😩